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SENATE VOTES 20 June 2019 55

ADVANCE COPY- UNCORRECTED

No. 55

PARLIAMENT

ZIMBABWE

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VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE

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FIRST SESSION - NINTH PARLIAMENT

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THURSDAY, 20TH JUNE 2019

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Half past two o’clock pm.

The President of the Senate in the Chair.

PRAYERS.

Members Present

Chabuka K.;

Chifamba J.,

Chimbudzi A.,

Chinake V.,

Chirongoma J. M.,

Chitanga Chief,

Chundu Chief,

Dube A.,

Dube M. R., Femai M.

Gumpo S.,

Gwaradzimba E.,

Gweshe K.,

Hungwe S. O.,

Komichi M.,

Makone T. M., Malinga J.T.

Mapungwana Chief,

Mavetera T.,

Mathupula Chief,

Mathuthu T.,

Matiirira A.,

Matsiwo Chief,

Mavhunga M.,

Mbohwa M.,

Mkhwebu A.,

Moeketsi V.,

Mohadi T. B., Moyo S.K.

Mpofu B.,

Mpofu S.,

Mudzuri E.,

Muronzi M.,

Mutsvangwa M.

Muzenda V. T.,

Mwonzora T. D.,

Ncube S.,

Ndlovu M.,

Ndlovu P.,

Nechombo Chief,

Nhema Chief,

Ntabeni Chief,

Nyambuya (Lt. Gen. Rtd.) M. R.,

Nyangazonke Chief,

Nyathi R.,

Rambanepasi C.,

Rwambiwa E.,

Shumba C.,

Siansali Chief,

Sinampande H.,

Timire R.,

Timveos L.,

Tsomondo B., Wunganayi T., Zivira H.

In attendance in terms of section 138(2) and (3) and section 104(3) of the Constitution

Printed by Order of the Senate

Absent with leave

Hon. Sen. Maluleke O. M.

The President of the Senate reminded the Senate that Group 3 for the Half-day ICT Literacy Training Sessions would be starting on Tuesday, 25 June, 2019 and that Honourable Members who had not registered for Groups 4, 5 and 6 were requested to do so on Tuesday, 25 June 2019 in the afternoon.

Questions without notice.

Sen. Timveos, seconded by Hon. S. Ncube, moved: That time for Questions without notice be extended by fifteen minutes.

Motion put and agreed to.

Questions with notice.
The Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry presented a ministerial statement on the African elephants.
On the motion of the Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry: The

Senate adjourned at twelve minutes to five o’clock pm until Tuesday, 16th July, 2019 at half past two o’clock in the afternoon.

M. CHINOMONA,

President of the Senate.

TUESDAY, 16TH JULY 2019

NOTICE OF MOTION

HON. SEN. WUNGANAYI

HON. SEN. TIMVEOS

That this House:

COGNISANT that Section 77 (a) recognises the right of every person to safe, clean and potable water;

DEEPLY CONCERNED by the perennial shortage of clean and portable water in most towns and growth points, which has over the years greatly contributed to an outbreak of waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid;

NOTING that according to the Ministry of Health and Child Care, more than US$50 million was utilised in containing cholera outbreak during the year 2018 alone;

NOW THEREFORE, calls upon Government to urgently allocate foreign currency to local authorities for the development of water infrastructure in towns and growth points and purchasing water treatment chemicals.

Adjourned debate on motion on the Report of the Speaker of National Assembly, Hon.

Advocate J. F. Mudenda’s Bilateral Visit to the Shura Advisory Council, Doha, Qatar, 30th March to 4th April, (Adjourned 19th June, 2019 – Hon. Sen. Muzenda)

[Days elapsed: 8]

Question proposed: That this House takes note of the Report of the Speaker of

National Assembly, Hon. Advocate J. F. Mudenda’s Bilateral Visit to the Shura

Advisory Council, Doha, Qatar, 30th March to 4th April, –Hon. Sen. Chief Mtshane

Adjourned debate on motion on the Report of the delegation to the AfrEA Conference on Monitoring and Evaluation held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Adjourned 19th June, 2019 – Sen. Chief Nechombo)

[Days elapsed: 9]

Question proposed: That this House takes note of the Report of the Zimbabwean delegation to the AfrEA Conference on Monitoring and Evaluation held in Abidjan, Cote d’lvoire from 11^th to 15^th March 2019 – Hon. Sen. Chief Nechombo.

Adjourned debate on the Report of the delegation to the 44^th Plenary Assembly of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (Adjourned 19th June, 2019- Sen. Mohadi).

[Days elapsed: 13]

Question proposed: That this House takes note of the Report of the delegation to the

44th Plenary Assembly of the SADC Parliamentary Forum held at Joachim Chissano

International Conference Centre, Maputo, Mozambique from 6th November to 8th December 2018.- Hon. Sen. Mohadi

COMMITTEE: To resume on the Adverse Report by the Parliamentary Legal Committee on Statutory Instrument No. 247 of 2018, Agricultural Marketing Authority (Command Agriculture Scheme for Domestic Crop, Livestock and Fisheries Production) Regulations, 2018 published in the Gazette during the month of November, 2018. (progress reported 5^th March) – Samukange.

THURSDAY, 18TH JUNE, 2019

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS.

* QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE.

◆ QUESTIONS WITH NOTICE.

*1. HON. SEN. TIMVEOS: To ask the Minister of Finance and Economic Development to state whether Chinese businesses operating in the mining sector are paying any royalties to Government and if so, to advise on the total amount paid in 2017.

[Deferred from 1^st November, 2018]

*2. H_ON. SEN. M_OHADI: To ask the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural

Development to update the House on progress made by the Ministry on fencing the Bulawayo- Beitbridge as a remedial measure to keep away stray animals along the road.

[Deferred from 1^st November, 2018]

*3. HON. SEN. CHIEF CHIKWAKA: To ask the Minister of Primary and Secondary

Education to advise on government’s policy regarding students who dropped out of school due to the fact that their parents could not afford to pay incentives that were required by teachers before the year 2013, resulting in such students being a menace to the communities.

[Deferred from 11^th October, 2018]

*4. HON. SEN. CHIMBUDZI: To ask the Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprise Development to state the current number of women with disabilities in the country by age and per province.